A photograph capturing the sun setting over the Co Down landscape is in the running to land a national award.

The photograph of Castlewellan, looking over Murlough Bay and Dundrum, taken by Cristin Williams, has been earmarked as a front-runner in #MyHappyPlace awards, designed to beat the January blues.

Cristin, 30, who grew up in Castlewellan and explains why the landscape where she grew up holds such special memories for her.

"It is a happy place for me because, not only do I have many happy memories of the house I grew up in, but also of finding conkers in the woods to the left of the picture, sledding in the winter snow down the hills in the fields pictured, and of course on the beach in Murlough, playing in the sand dunes and swimming in the summer," she said.

Cristin Williams

January’s ‘Blue Monday’ is allegedly the most depressing day of the year. To try and help cheer up the nation in the bleak days of January, National Accident Helpline created #MyHappyPlace.

The competition asks people all over the UK to share a photo of a place which makes them feel happy when they're ill, injured or simply feeling down. #MyHappyPlace is for entries open until February 18th and you can find details and enter your 'happy place' photo here.